TB/BCG vaccine for newborn ?

[Strawberry1934]

My daughter is 2 weeks old and I have just had a letter in the post advising she has the TB/ BCG vaccine due to the results of her heel prick test. When I was there they offered a new test for this so I accepted (never did this with my 1st born 3 years ago)

Does anyone know if this is anything to sorry about?

As a child I has a number of on going tests as they thought I may have TB, but tests never 100% confirmed it, although I think they always said I'd been in contact with someone who had TB

Any advice/ experience welcomed please

Can you ring and ask them?

My kids were vaccinated (as 2 month olds) with the BCG because we have family in a high risk country. Thought nothing of it, kids were absolutely fine and I haven't thought about it since.

Apparently it's not considered a routine vaccine despite cases of TB being prevalent in big cities such as London, Birmingham and in and around Paris. I've heard there is a global shortage (surprise surprise) of this vaccine so I wouldn't delay.

I was vaccinated against TB as a teen because someone caught TB in our secondary school. We were tested twice then vaccinated. The vaccine used to scar but I don't have a scar and neither do my children.

From the NHS website:

BCG vaccination is recommended for all babies soon after birth up to 1 year old who:

• are born in areas of the UK where the rates of TB are high
• have a parent or grandparent who was born in a country where there's a high rate of TB
• live with, or are close contacts of, someone with infectious TB

The vaccine used to scar but I don't have a scar and neither do my children

the vaccine may still scar, and usually does. Due to the intradermal vaccine causing a local tissue response. The fact that you and your kids have no scar simply means your skins immune system didn’t react.

My DS had because his dad is from high risk country. Now he has a small red spot/scar on that shoulder which kinda bothers me a bit. Not medically just the way it looks.

My HV caught me when my DD was about 15 days old and told me to go and get her vaccinated within the next week due to having close family members who travel to/from the country of their birth, that is considered high risk.

The midwifery team in my area missed it because they didn't ask who would be there to support me after birth as my DD has no grandparents. They also missed a few other parents on my NCT course because they didn't clock where they were born or their baby had at least 2 grandparents from.

Anyway just phoned up the local hospital, was told what day to bring her in and where, then went to the mid-wife led unit on the day, waited for about 90 minutes with other parents and DD was given her injection. She was fine. It was less of a hassle then when I had my own as a teenager.

My DD has no scars from it. I have a scar from mine due to having it as a teen.

Thank you all for your replies. After doing some research I think the town I live has high cases of TB so I think its better safe than sorry to get it done to be honest

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